That's precisely why it's such a good "nerf". Just like the Dynamo "nerf" a few months ago, flailing monkeys are severely hurt, while good players can start to shine through. That's also why I'm iffy on calling it a nerf; it's more of a rebalance than anything.
Really weird, it makes me wonder if the weapon matching is playing a role, i.e. it's determined wasabi is too close to whatever weapon you're using so you don't see them as much?
Burst bombs, yeah, it's a rebalance. It buffs a certain type of play, nerfs a cheap type of play. I've found post-buff, I'm actively seeking using all weapons with burst bombs (vanilla eliter, bambi mk iii, neo splash, vanilla splattershot.)
I still see a good ammount of E-Liters around while playing, and I'm not familiar with the intricacies of high level play, so what's the issue with the E-Liter at that level? Does it have to do with its long charge time not being compensated enough by its extreme range?
Before the nerfs to Burst Bombs and the weapon as a whole, E-Litres used to be able to stack Damage and play very aggressively, as they had Burst Bombs to fall back on in times of need (except those that just threw all 4 at the ground and splatted without aiming). With the Scope having a gap in its range now (as all uncharged shots match the regular unscoped version), and the other nerfs applied, the devs have forced it into being a perch sniper. High level ranked is all about being aggressive, wiping out the enemy as much as possible and pushing the objective as much as possible, an E-Litre can't do much to help if it's stuck in its perch whilst the rest of the team is on the other side of the map with the Tower or Rainmaker, so it becomes a 3v4 if they have no E-Litre.
Oh; that makes a lot of sense.
Absolutely perfectly said.
It probably fares better in zones, but again there's so few maps that really take advantage of that range. Depot is one of the better maps for that, but then it's so easy to get flanked as a perch sniper there, and you're in trouble close up most of the time still depending on how much ink you have left. it has its uses, but the utility is certainly diminished. I enjoy playing it at least for TC, but I take it expecting I'll probably cause my team to lose more often than if I didn't :(
That only takes effect once the lobby is filled, it doesn't decide who can join the lobby, thankfully as they'd take much longer to fill. But yeah that was just my anecdotal experience, not a true a way to tell for fact. I would say the Wasabi is a bit inferior to the other variants thanks to Inkstrike, so I was thinking people were only using it over the old variants because it's fresh n new, but I could be mistaken!
Yeah, inkstrike is kind of meh (though in zones it's killer) but I think the big thing is splat bombs are generally much better in more situations than suction bombs. I "like" suction bombs. Sometimes I get fantastic "halt the RM!" runs with suction bombs. But most of the time a splat bomb just does so much more in battle. Wasabi wins there for sure. I swear people only play the tentatek for the inkzooka and couldn't care about the suction bombs much at all.
It's not ugly if you owned one of the original Super Soakers when they were made by Larami ;) Except it was blue and yellow instead of green. But it's patent-infringingly similar ;) (Not sure if they ever sold them in your neck of the woods....I'm guessing they did in Japan though :) )
I actually see a lot of tentateks throwing lots of suction bombs based on my experience. The advantage suction bombs have over splatbombs is that they stick to any surface. The longer timer and larger blast radius actually makes it to where you're scaring of most opponents and keeping them out of areas and at times forcing them to take on a tentatek head on if thrown behind them. Another advantage is that suction bombs can be super silent. If they immediately stick one to a surface it can act as a silent bomb, whereas splatbombs are constantly making noises. Both bombs have different advantages. Each can suit a weapon better than the other, but i'd say the two suits the splattershoy equally as good.
All true, though I'd say generally when I get splatted by a suction bomb it's that stealth silent variety, or my own dumb stupidity forgetting that I saw it .03 seconds ago and headed back into it (file under: Walked right into killer wail. Again.) But splat bombs more times than not it's thrown right where I'm going and with the game's momentum it simply can't be avoided.
I have seen this point come up a lot, and I figured I might as well throw my opinion into the lot.
I still think the reduction in its raw damage was really helpful. While it can still two-hit, now situations where I've been caught by a stray shot of a .96 while I'm damaged, and then thusly blown up in one hit, are less common.
